Pascal Jules

Pascal Jules was a French professional road racing cyclist, born on 22 July 1961 in La Garenne-Colombes and died at 26 after a car crash in Normandy on 25 October 1987. He rode for the Renault-Elf team from 1982 to 1985 alongside his close friend Laurent Fignon, and won one stage of the 1984 Tour de France, the eighth stage from Le Mans to Nantes. After an injury and a fight with team director Cyrille Guimard he moved to the Seat-Orbea team of Marino Lejarreta. He died after returning from a football match played for a charitable association. Fignon wrote about their bond in his autobiography, and Jules was the father of Justin Jules, who also became a professional cyclist.